Perhaps the most unique intake...
Perhaps the most unique intake in the bunch is the Vortech Mondo Box, which retails for $355 from AFM. This intake is basically Vortech's Mondo Cooler aftercooler with no cooler in it. It is designed to bolt to the GT-40 lower intake and peaked out at 487.5 hp and 445.4 lb-ft of torque. From 4,500 to 6,500 rpm, the Mondo Box averaged 447.3 hp and 428.6 lb-ft.
"A supercharger is an easy power increase," Rick Anderson says. "Bolt it on, tune it, and go. On the average, you will get a 150-200hp increase at the rear wheels with 10-14 pounds of boost. What most people do not realize is how it changes the function of the intake. The manufacturers of these intakes spend hours designing and testing intakes for naturally aspirated applications, but when you supercharge them it changes how the intake is filling the cylinders.
"A naturally aspirated intake is designed to pull air through it, which is what each cylinder is doing. It's pulling air through the intake. Great care is taken to ensure each runner flows equal for each cylinder, which is tough for the outer runners and the corners are designed for air to be pulled off of them. The plenum area is also designed so it does not starve any of the runners, and the runner length is tuned for the intake's intended rpm range. With a supercharger, the air is being forced through. The outer runners are getting the most air, the corners are being forced around-not pulled-and length is not as important. The cam and supercharger control this, which is why this test is so different from the naturally aspirated Super Ford test."
| 5.0 Tech Specs |
| Mark Anderson's Real Street Car |
| ENGINE AND DRIVETRAIN | ELECTRONICS |
| Block | Engine Management |
| Stock (D.S.S. Real Street | EEC IV with EFI Systems |
| short-block) | Programmable Management |
| Cylinder Heads | System |
| Trick Flow Twisted Wedge | Mass Air Meter |
| Intake Manifold | Pro-M 80mm |
| All of them | Ignition |
| Camshaft | MSD |
| Stock '87 5.0 | Gauges |
| Power Adder | Auto Meter |
| Vortech S-Trim w/ AFM | |
| Power Bypass Kit | SUSPENSION AND CHASSIS |
| Exhaust | Springs |
| AFM/Bassani 1 3/4 short- | Eibach Drag Launch |
| tube headers, Bassani X- | Struts/Shocks |
| pipe, and Bassani mufflers | QA1 |
| Fuel Pump | Rear Suspension |
| Aeromotive Pro Pump | HP Motorsport |
| Fuel Injectors | Wheels |
| 55 lb/hr | Bogarts |
| Transmission | Tires |
| Liberty Pro-Shifted T5 | Goodyear (front), Mickey |
| Clutch | Thompson (rear) |
| AFM Real Street clutch | Brakes |
| Rearend | Aerospace Components |
| 8.8 Moser, 3.73 gears, Moser | |
| spool and Moser 33-spline | |
| axles | |